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Camped last Saturday night in one of the quietest places I can remember. One Pileated woodpecker and a couple of others and that was it. Found a large track way but we're pretty sure it was melted out Moose tracks. Distance between toe-to-toe was about 48"-51+" so ruled out Black Bear. Still a bit early for them anyway: The tracks themselves weren't all that well defined: On the way into the second campsite on Sunday we had to cross a causeway connecting two bogs. We scoped out the site and then walked around to do some exploring. Nothing, and so we drove out with me following and I stopped on the causeway with my windows down to listen. From pretty far away out my passenger window I heard four knocks- like someone chopping wood (not gun shots)- followed by a pause, a single knock followed by a pause, and then three more knocks and quiet for then on. I had no cell service so had to catch up to my buddy and we both came back to listen further but there was nothing and so drove out. My researcher friend wasn't staying the second night so left later and I went back in and re-crossed the causeway and camped for the night. Monday morning I packed up and again stopped on the causeway to listen, but this time I had a cheap video recorder going when I stepped out of the truck. Wouldn't you know, I was able to capture a single knock that was closer than the one the previous. Only one. It felt good that I at least this time I got this one knock on record. This was my first time EVER for getting any kind of evidence whether it be tracks, knocks, tree falls, or stick structures. None of that has ever happened before. Now it was warming up when that knock sound happened so it could have been a section of tree thawing out or ice expanding on the bog but since the day before saw a series of similar, more rapid occurrences it leaves the question open as to the source of the single one the following day. Both incidents happened at about the same time of day with the second event much closer than the first. Here is a short audio with the truck noise cleaned up followed by a image of the sonogram: Possible BF Knock.mp3

Good to have you out there hiflier, I'd missed those knocks completely!

There are reports of very large hairy men, sometimes up to 20 ft. tall, in Alaska and Canada. These reports are rare but these reports do exist. They seem to differ from bigfoot in that they are tall but lean and sometimes are reported with four toes. Here is a short video: So the question is---are you on-board with this? Do you think they are real or are they legendary?

They lasted a good long while, I swear. The plastic one only cost me like $15. Worked great. Used to bring it regular hunting too, could pick up a squirrel fart at a hundred paces.

hiflier, The trip sounded like fun and hearing tree knocks sure sounds interesting. Now, please add a steadycam to your equipment wish list. My eyeballs are still shaking! I recently bought a GoPro H7 to use the Hypersmooth feature on my plane videos. It works great and eliminates the need for a gimbal or steadycam. Cheers!

Good job, @hiflier! Most times we hear a knock is right when we arrive, or are just about to leave. Often times, there are two knocks. I wonder if it's because there are two of us. Often, the sound seems to be pretty far off, which makes recording it nearly impossible even if we had a recorder running at the time. Still, always exciting to hear. Looking at the tracks, I would bet moose as well just because of the rounded shape. The close up that you posted almost looks like it has toe indentations, but it also looks to be kind of old so maybe it has just melted and frozen a few times and caused a distortion. I am envious. I'm dying to get back out into the field, but have been so busy with the sale of a house, moving into the new one, and trying to get a secure fence line in the back and side yards so I can get the dogs up there. Was it just you and your friend up there, or were there more than 2 people?

Nice work @hiflier! The benefits of gassers over diesel:) To my knowledge, I've never heard a tree pop when temps were as warm as they'd been for the last few days. Sap has been running for a while now. It doesn't sound like cracking ice to my ears either, which never seem to be short pops but longer and wavering as the noise moves through the ice sheet. I'm pretty sure what you heard/recorded was a wood knock. Who/what made it? That's the question. @wiiawiwb I have not seen a maple operation up there but that doesn't mean some individual hasn't gone out and drove a few taps in here and there. I'm inclined to think, based on hiflier's stated location of the first set of knocks that said individual wouldn't be getting his/her tap back pounding on it hard enough for the noise to carry as it did, holes are pre-drilled and don't require much hammering. It's also a bushwhack off of an overgrown woods road to get in--possible but unlikely methinks. There is nothing back there in terms of dwellings as far as I know. It's working forest, a few camps along the big pond, but not there that I've come across.

I have not been there before but the other researcher has covered a lot of ground around that area. I didn't ask how often in that particular location, though. And yes, I would certainly return to that specific place. The likelihood of a hoax is slim to none. There are homes but not within three or miles and the roads are not paved. Most are just two rut types left over from logging and very narrow with some ATV used here and there, no extra pinstriping for me. The first series of knocks was much farther away and so must have been louder to reach where I was. The single knock was much closer but didn't sound like a lot of force was used so like I said, could have been a tree cracking or ice expanding. Sure, maples are no doubt being tapped in places but in the first series it wasn't anything ongoing unless someone in the distance was only tapping two trees- doubtful. As far as we know we were the only ones in the area other than an occasion driver on the main gravel road. Passed three hunters in a truck with their dogs Saturday afternoon and heard gunshots on Sunday early in the day but nothing between that and the time I left midday on Monday. In either case, though, nothing sounded like gun shots. I wish I had the foresight to have recorded Sunday's knock series....lesson learned. I've also just ordered a Zoom H1N recorder as I found out over the weekend that my very old cheapo recorder failed to operate. Looking forward to trying it out. On another note, just as a looksee, I ran a game cam to keep watch on the two overnight camps and nothing was recorded. Hope I can get back in there soon but I think my buddy may be going back to do some scouting around. I've got almost 30 years on him so being younger he's more suited and active in the rougher terrain. He's a good man, out there a lot, and very experienced in the field. I'm lucky to have known him for the past six years or so. He's a good man. I'm actually quite surprised he lets me tag along

A couple of thoughts. In Arvedis defense, stories are stories and proof is proof. And I agree with that. But by the same token one story is as plausible as another. And with each passing day the more we know about the government is that it isn’t always honest with its constituents. Mt. St. Helens was a monumentally destructive event. Yes the blast zone went north. The largest land slide in recorded history. But the lahars off the west slope. Especially the Toutle river was devastating as well. With humans, livestock and wildlife getting swept away. Could something smart like a Bigfoot observe the mountain and leave? Sure. But remember! The mountain had been belching and rumbling for years and years. Harry Truman refused to go..... he didn’t believe the geologists telling him the mountain was getting close. When is Yellowstone gonna blow? It rumbles all the time, it melts asphalt roads, the lake is moving its shoreline. If your a Bigfoot living in the Yellowstone ecosystem? I bet your spidey senses do not start truly tingling until it’s too late. Dogs start barking what? Half an hour before an earthquake? That’s not gonna help you with a volcano. Could a discovery had been made with something floating down the river? I don’t see why not. They were fishing humans and other animals out. 230 square miles of forest was wiped out in 3 minutes. The point I’m trying to make is that this horrific event happened in Bigfoots back yard. It’s hard for me to believe it didn’t take some lives. And with as much as of a rescue effort up there? It’s certainly plausible that they could have came across remains.

Remind me NOT to loan you my parabolic dish! :-)

Yeah, it really does look like a Badger, just wasn't sure since I'd never seen one around here.....as far as the video, haven't been to my buddies Ranch yet, was supposed to go a few weeks back but we had all the snow & ice and need to reschedule. With regard to the depth of a footprint, and try this yourself....you will always make a deeper footprint in your bare feet, better aerodynamics with smoother and rounded edges, as opposed the rougher shoe texture and 90 degree edges:)

I have some very sad news to share......truly one of the great loves of my life, my sweet wolf Lulu, passed away suddenly yesterday, she was 10 years old, and a tremendous lose for the whole family. It's always sad when a dog passes, but a wolf is something entirely different, it's spiritual. We had a great hike last Sunday, the pic a few posts back was the last I took of her, hiking will never be the same.....RIP my dear Lulu!